Sofia has an obsession with birthdays. One day her Grandma Sharon and I were in Target with her a month ago, and she randomly started singing the happy birthday song. I realized that the only time that she had heard that song recently had been on my birthday a few weeks before. We decided that it may help her be excited to have a new baby brother if we celebrated his birth day.
Hello everyone. For those of you who haven't heard yet.. he is here. Gabriel Antonio Becerra was born at 11:38p.m. on Sunday the 7th (one day after my due date). He weighed in at a whopping 8 lbs 7 ounces and is 21 inches long. I am so grateful that everything went so well (and I am oh so happy to have labor over with), and that we were blessed with a healthy boy. I can't believe I am the mama to two kids now. I am loving life with my newborn and have slept maybe a total of 4 hours in the last 2 1/2 days, because I am just loving holding and smelling my little newborn. Here are a few pictures... but there will be many man more to come. Chris also posted a quick little slideshow on his blog as well. More updates to come!!! We are so blessed.
On Saturday (the day before my due date, I took Sofia to the pumpkin patch to go on a hay ride to pick a pumpkin. I thought that she would absolutely love the ride, but when we got on the wagon, she freaked out. She screamed until we got off the wagon, and then she had fun running around with her friends George and Trevor.
I have to say that door to door salesman drive me absolutely crazy. Sorry if someone does this for a living. If you are interested, I would love to help you find new employment. Within the last few months, we have had a few Magazine salesmen come door to door, and this is how you know who they are. They are usually in their early twenties and seem like they are on something. They start off by telling you that they are trying to better themselves and make new goals, so they are going around to practice their public speaking. They are over the top and can't mention enough how cute your kid is. It usually takes them 5 minutes of trying to sell their inspirational story before they even mention that they are selling magazine subscriptions. This time I caught on instantly and immediately told the guy that I didn't want a magazine subscription. He told me a sob story about how he is just a young person trying to better his situation and make something of himself so that he can go on to sell cars eventually. He then had the nerve to say, "This is not about magazines, this is about helping someone trying to be better. Is that not something you are interested in?" I am usually too nice in situations like this sometimes, but this time I was very blunt and told him I was absolutely not interested (In the words of my good friend Justin Timberlake..."Cry Me a River." Not surprisingly, this once over the top nice salesman said "thanks" in a ticked off voice and left. I actually feel really sorry for people who do this for a living, but I just can't handle the manipulation and mind games stuff. Chris actually did telemarketing for a good 1 month in college before he broke down and couldn't handle it anymore.. and that leads me to my question of the day. How do you handle telemarketers and salesman? I am getting much better as time goes on at saying I am not interested.. and with telemarketers, I usually hang up as soon as they start talking. Why waste their time? What do the rest of you do? Have any of you been suckered into buying anything from one of these guys?
Here are new Sofia pictures. The other day she really liked carrying around her stuffed monkey in the baby Bjorn. The next picture she is playing with her new baby boy (thank you Heather). Maybe this will distract her from smothering her new brother? The guitar pictures are of Sofia and her little neighbor friend Kayden. For how fiesty she can be with other kids around her age, she is for some reason fascinated with Kayden. The last picture is of Sofia and her babies in our new (used) bike trailer. I think that I am the only person in Corvallis who doesn't own a bike, and so I am dedicated to becoming a bike rider this spring.
If you didn't happen to notice, I also changed my blog background. I guess I gave into the intense pressure I felt when I looked at everyone else's cute backgrounds :).
I also would like to announce that my crazy nesting is over. Chris and I have done more in our house in the last 3 months, than we did the whole 2 years that we have lived here. Some of these changes include: Hardwood floors downstairs, painted kitchen and bathroom cabinets, painted doors and trim, new carpet, new deck, etc... The new carpet was put in on Saturday, and I am so glad I didn't go into labor while that was happening with our house a wreck. I am also grateful because Chris was shooting a wedding in Vancouver and didn't get home until 1:30 in the morning, so that would have been so not good if I had been labor. Thankfully Chris' dad came up to help him shoot just in case. Thanks Carlos!! Now that I am feeling more ready for the baby to come, he probably will decide to be late, but my due date is this Saturday.. so we will see. With my intense Mama nesting, I think that I sometimes have overlooked how blessed I am. I have a sweet husband and daughter, and I am about to meet a new sweet addition. If only I didn't have to go through that labor part before I get to meet him. Oh well, it will definitely be worth it.
I am posting a picture of me when I was Sofia's age to prove to the unbelievers that Sofia does indeed look at least a little like me and not just Chris. I knew that cheeserific grin of hers could have only come from my dominant cheese genes. Also, for your entertainment, I am posting a picture of Chris and I around 11 years ago at winter formal together. Who would have thought that all of these years later we would be married with kiddos?
Hello everyone,
As I get down to the last couple of weeks before my duedate.. I have a lot on my mind, but instead of addressing the important issues in my life, I will instead just talk about random things. I am attaching some pictures I snapped of Sofia today a.k.a Ms. Independent. Sofia wants to do everything like a big girl now by herself. Putting on her shoes, walking down stairs without any help... the list could go on forever. All day long she says "I do." I need to figure out how to channel this child's sometimes crazy energy into something positive, but I am telling you... this kid has definite personality. It is so funny that one minute we can be in the store and she can be throwing a 15 minutes fit (literally) because she wants to stand up in the cart, and I won't let her, and then 10 minutes later she starts singing a new song or does something so cute that it almost makes me forget about her fit (almost). I can't believe that she is going to be a big sister so soon.
